Homelessness

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Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 21, 2026
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Andrea Suarez Advocates for Treatment First in KOMO News Town Hall on Homelessness

Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 21, 2026
Homelessness
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KOMO News hosted a Town Hall on Western Washington’s homelessness crisis on July 13. The Town Hall panel included Daniel Malone, Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC); Andrea Suarez, Founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle; Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association; and Dominique Alex, CEO of Mary’s Place. Among the topics Read More ›

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Photo courtesy of Kevin Dahlgren
Photo courtesy of Kevin Dahlgren
Caitlin Cory
July 10, 2026
Homelessness
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The Cities Hiding Homelessness for the World Cup

Caitlin Cory
July 10, 2026
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Mayor Katie Wilson and her team did not clean up the city. They simply moved the problem elsewhere, like a child shoving his toys under the bed when told to clean his room. Under Wilson’s direction, the homeless were swept out of downtown and pushed into surrounding neighborhoods and minority communities already struggling with crime and disorder. Read More ›
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Photo courtesy of Kevin Dahlgren
Photo courtesy of Kevin Dahlgren
Marsha Michaelis
June 25, 2026
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Housing First Failed America’s Homeless

Marsha Michaelis
June 25, 2026
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Housing First has not just failed in its promise to end homelessness; it has also been like gasoline on a fire now raging across America. It is built on the claim that we will end homelessness by putting homeless people — most of them suffering from deeply disruptive and life-destroying mental illness or addiction — inside permanently subsidized housing units as quickly as possible. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 12, 2026
Homelessness
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Homelessness and Drug Policy Expert Tom Wolf Joins Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness Initiative

Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 12, 2026
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Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Tom Wolf has joined its Fix Homelessness initiative as a Senior Fellow. A leading advocate for treatment-centered responses to homelessness and addiction, Wolf brings both policy expertise and deeply personal experience to the role. Read More ›
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A homeless encampment with multiple tents and scattered belongings is set up on a street under a concrete freeway overpass, highlighting issues of urban poverty
Image Credit: Ruslan Gilmanshin - Adobe Stock
Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 2, 2026
Economics, Homelessness
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Fix Homelessness Senior Fellow Tom Wolf Quoted in The National News Desk

Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 2, 2026
Economics, Homelessness
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The National News Desk just released an article that quotes Fix Homelessness Senior Fellow Tom Wolf. Wolf is a formerly homeless recovering Heroin and Fentanyl addict from San Francisco who is now an internationally recognized Recovery Advocate. Read More ›
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homeless encampment along the wooded banks of the Sacramento River
Image Credit: Cam - Adobe Stock
Michele Steeb
June 2, 2026
Homelessness
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Housing First Is a Disaster. I Saw Sacramento’s Homeless Chaos Firsthand

Michele Steeb
June 2, 2026
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America's homelessness crisis is routinely framed as a housing crisis. It is not. It is a crisis born from the collapse of accountability at every level of the system. Nowhere are the consequences of that collapse more visible than in California — and especially in its capital city, Sacramento. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 4, 2026
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Mamdani Ignores New York City Homelessness

Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 4, 2026
Homelessness
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Despite his campaign promise to end homeless encampment sweeps, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reinstated them. Filmmaker SIX SEVEN KEVIN takes to the streets of New York City, asking business owners, residents, and homeless individuals themselves about how the mayor has been handling the homelessness crisis.